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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Acton 1894
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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6
DEATHS.
The number registered throughout the year was 393;
this includes 25 residents of Acton who died in Public Institutions
outside the Parish. They comprised 187 Males and 206 Females.
The annual death rate calculated upon a population of 27,600 was
14 2 per thousand, as against 18.6 in 1893, the lowest since 1890.
There were 19 inquests held.
The average death rate for London was 17.4 per
thousand, against 21.1, 20-3 and 20.9 in the three preceding
years.
The following table shows the various ages at which death occurred in the District.
| Under 1 year | 134 | ... | Under 5 | 191 |
| 1 year and under 5 | 57 | |||
| 5 ,, ,, 15 | 13 | ... | Over 5 | 202 |
| 15 ,, ,, 25 | 18 | |||
| 25 ,, ,, 65 | 107 | |||
| 65 and upwards | 64 | 393 | ||
| 393 |
The following table compares the death rate of children
under one year per thousand registered births, and the birth rate
for the last eight years.